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Judge refuses to dismiss death penalty in Kei’mani Latigue case - 2025-09-04T18:57:46Z
A judge in Lucas County Pleas Court has denied a request to take the death penalty off the table in the Kei’mani Latigue murder case.

New local affordable housing aims to provide hope for homeless youth, disabled residents - 2025-09-04T21:36:15Z
It’s said “every hero needs a villain,” a local organization’s president said Thursday.

Photo Gallery: Westgate Farmer's Market - 2025-09-04T21:24:03Z
The Westgate Farmer’s Market took place on Sept. 3 in West Toledo. Click the image above to view the full gallery.

Man receives 10-15 years for East Toledo beating death - 2025-09-04T17:10:46Z
An East Toledo man will be sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for a beating death, opting to take a plea deal rather than prove self-defense to a jury.

Rossford council candidate rejected for not having enough signatures - 2025-09-04T18:04:11Z
One of the seven people hoping to get a seat on Rossford City Council will not be on the Nov. 4 ballot.

2 men arrested in fatal shooting of teen, 1 at large - 2025-09-04T14:09:20Z
Two Toledo men have been charged for their roles in a June robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a teenager and police are seeking a third.

Toledo drummer's case continued, likely headed toward mediation - 2025-09-04T16:13:24Z
A court case involving a South Toledo man who believes he was wrongfully charged for playing his drums could be headed to mediation.

Cops & Cones offers kids free ice cream at Oregon police outreach event - 2025-09-04T16:16:17Z
Kids can get a free ice cream cone and meet Oregon police officers Saturday during Cops & Cones.

Toledo Crime Log: 9-4 - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
Click on icons in the map to find details of reported crimes. For a full list of all reported crimes in Toledo this week, consult the table below.

Daily Log: 9/4 - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
Births

Blade staffers win awards in statewide journalism contest - 2025-09-03T12:34:25Z
A Blade photographer and an artist have won best in Ohio awards from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.

7 file for 4 Rossford council seats in Nov. 4 election - 2025-09-03T12:08:17Z
Seven Rossford citizens have filed to run for four open city council seats in the Nov. 4 election.

Local leaders urge the U.S. Senate to pass the SAVE Act, but met with opposition - 2025-09-03T23:31:51Z
Local leaders are calling upon their U.S. senators, urging them to pass a bill that would make it harder for noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections.

Seething over cemetery pick, Perrysburg Twp. trustee quits board - 2025-09-04T16:36:22Z
A Perrysburg Township trustee buried his colleagues for not supporting his pick to serve on the Fort Meigs Union Cemetery board.

Plane crash in Wood County bean field leaves one pilot injured - 2025-09-03T23:42:13Z
A twin-engine plane crashed in a bean field just outside the Wood County Airport, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported Thursday.

Photo Gallery: Fulton County Fair - 2025-09-03T22:38:51Z
The Fulton County Fair took place at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Wauseon on Sept. 3.

$1M bond set for mother charged with death of special-needs son - 2025-09-03T20:34:50Z
The woman accused of murder in the death of her special-needs son was arraigned in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, with a bond set at $1 million.

Man receives 17 years for drive-by shooting that injured toddler - 2025-09-03T19:39:39Z
Another man charged in a drive-by shooting that wounded two people, including a 2-year-old boy, was sentenced to between 17 and 19½ years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a sealed agreement.

Perrysburg expands job creation grant, extends marijuana moratorium - 2025-09-03T20:30:00Z
A Job Creation Grant Program in Perrysburg is being expanded to try to boost economic development in the city.

2 killed when car cuts in front of tractor-trailer - 2025-09-03T12:59:52Z
FAYETTE, Ohio — Two people died when the car they were in was struck by a tractor-trailer in Chesterfield Township.

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Editorial: No Cleveland stop - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
We don’t know whether to laugh or cheer.

Editorial: Tariffs on hold - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
President Trump’s claim to unprecedented power over trade through unlimited authority to levy tariffs now awaits a crucially important constitutional test of the separation of powers.

Editorial: Four Corners, downtown progress - 2025-09-03T04:00:00Z
There are obstacles to traffic at the corner of Madison Avenue and Huron Street in downtown Toledo. It’s an inconvenience that is good news.

Editorial: Crime is kind of an emergency - 2025-09-02T04:00:00Z
We take a backseat to no other editorial board in disapproving of President Trump’s overreach in sending National Guard troops to fight crime in Los Angeles, Washington, and, potentially, Chicago.

Editorial: Saudi Arabia not worthy of friendship - 2025-09-01T04:00:00Z
It’s funny how demands for justice in the Middle East only focus on Gaza. Why are college students not taking over buildings to protest unjust theocracies like Saudi Arabia, whose criminal justice practices are beyond tolerable?

Editorial: Brown policy Trumped - 2025-08-31T11:08:47Z
Historically Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the start of serious political campaigning. There’s been next to no activity for the Toledo city races this November but the 2026 campaign for U.S. Senate in Ohio is fully engaged.

Editorial: Israel bonds dispute was only for show - 2025-08-31T04:00:00Z
The staged meeting over whether or not to disinvest Lucas County from bonds in the state of Israel had value as political theater but nothing else.

Editorial: Manufacturing needs workers - 2025-08-30T04:00:00Z
Northwest Ohio Manufacturers think they need an image makeover to find the workers they must have to flourish.

Editorial: No American wants a dictator, Donald - 2025-08-29T04:00:00Z
Of all the inappropriate and offensive things Donald Trump has uttered from the Oval Office, maybe none is worse than his recent suggestion that many Americans want to be ruled by a dictator.

Editorial: Follow Oregon’s lead - 2025-08-28T04:00:00Z
With a unanimous vote, Oregon City Council has paved the way for a multibillion-dollar technology-driven investment that will be remembered as an example of courageous leadership for northwest Ohio’s inherent advantage in the economy of tomorrow.

Editorial: Aurora House saved — for now - 2025-08-27T04:00:00Z
It is to the benefit of Toledo citizens — especially those who are mothers struggling with addiction — that two donors have stepped up to help Aurora House make it through 2026, no thanks to Toledo city government.

Editorial: All about Epstein money - 2025-08-28T03:35:44Z
Follow the money!

Editorial: BGSU showing the way - 2025-08-26T04:00:00Z
These are “the good old days” at Bowling Green State University thanks to a well executed strategy the University of Toledo would be wise to emulate where possible.

Editorial: Scandal changes PUCO - 2025-08-25T04:00:00Z
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has practically been a case study on “regulatory capture,” the condition of an oversight body ostensibly serving the public that has become a government agency devoted to the interests of the industry and companies it regulates.

Editorial: Maumee builds bridge - 2025-08-24T04:00:00Z
A unanimous choice for appointment to Maumee City Council after a long deadlock on the decision provides solid hope that the rancor that has rocked Maumee can be resolved and civic harmony restored.

Editorial: Unneeded downtown traffic signals - 2025-08-23T04:00:00Z
It makes perfect sense to remove some of the traffic signals downtown, but it’s an ominous decision nonetheless.

Editorial: Epstein up to Trump - 2025-08-24T03:29:06Z
The recent judicial decision not to release grand jury testimony around the Jeffrey Epstein case brings us closer to a showdown between the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice and those in the public who believe pedophiles are being protected by the administration.

Editorial: Change Intel incentives - 2025-08-22T04:00:00Z
Whatever happened to “picking winners and losers”?

Editorial: Children’s Hospital collaboration critical - 2025-08-21T04:00:00Z
What would Toledo do to land 1,000 jobs with an average salary of $100,000 a year? What would Toledo do to save 400 to 600 families each year the expense of traveling out of town to get their children care?

Editorial: Cancel culture redo - 2025-08-21T03:47:21Z
It’s ironic that the President who vowed to be the one to abolish the U.S. Department of Education as an unnecessary cabinet-level agency is using it to insert the federal government in an intrusive way into every classroom in the United States.

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Lessenberry: An ethical professional philosophy in action - 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. — When I first began covering Jack Kevorkian’s assisted suicides back in the early 1990s, I asked his colorful lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, about the medical examiner’s findings. While Kevorkian said the causes of death were medically assisted suicides, Oakland County’s medical examiner, Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic, was ruling all the ones in his jurisdiction homicides.

Shribman: Heaven beckons to Trump - 2025-08-31T04:00:00Z
Donald Trump has begun to worry that he might be going to hell.

Lessenberry: Michigan corruption bipartisan - 2025-08-28T03:33:39Z
PONTIAC, Mich. — In recent years, stories about political corruption in Lansing mostly have involved Republicans. Think former Senate Majority Leader Rick Johnson mumbling “I am a corrupt politician,” before going to federal prison for taking bribes.

Hussain: Future of WGTE, other public entities hang in balance - 2025-08-27T03:27:11Z
THE INFAMOUS chainsaw wielded by Elon Musk in the well-circulated video did come into action and chopped off federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It has been in the crosshairs of Republicans for a long time.

Shribman: Get acquainted with John Buchan - 2025-08-24T04:00:00Z
SPARKLING WINE flowed, hors d’oeuvres were passed, speeches were given. There were panel discussions, an archives tour, a reception and dinner. I wasn’t there, and you weren’t either. Nor was anyone you know. And the occasion? Something you never heard about, involving someone you likely never heard of.

Walton: Is Thomas Jefferson getting government benefits? - 2025-08-24T03:30:37Z
READERS WITH long memories may recall a wonderful old television show called Meeting of Minds, hosted by the great Steve Allen in the late 1970s, in which Steve would interview prominent historical figures portrayed by actors. Conversations with Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Charles Darwin, and even Aristotle, Cleopatra, and Attila the Hun enlightened viewers and literally brought history to life.

Lessenberry: Democrats need a Trump shadow - 2025-08-21T03:48:33Z
DETROIT — Years ago, I was in the airport in Boston, when I saw a familiar looking man sitting by himself. Eventually, a woman passed by and said hello. “I voted for you!” she said.

Shribman: Back to future with Pat Buchanan - 2025-08-17T03:38:59Z
I SAW the future exactly 30 summers ago while on assignment in Iowa. I just didn’t know it.

Lessenberry: 1st female mayor likely for Detroit - 2025-08-14T03:36:59Z
DETROIT — Most major cities have had female mayors. But not Detroit. Thirty-two years ago, a woman did make it to Detroit’s mayoral runoff for the first time, and until this year, only time. Sharon McPhail was a tough attorney whose positions were mostly to the left of her rival, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis Archer.

Shribman: Newton’s third law rules Washington politics - 2025-08-10T04:00:00Z
At a time when questions about the rule of law are in the air, it is important to remember that Donald Trump hasn’t overturned Isaac Newton’s third law of motion, which rules Washington, just as powerfully as it rules physical phenomena.

Walton: Did ‘Grandpa George’ sign Declaration of Independence? - 2025-08-10T04:00:00Z
FOR YEARS a frequent topic of discussion among my many relatives named Walton has been the back story about one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a lawyer from Georgia named George Walton. My brothers and I wondered if we could we possibly be descendants of such an important figure in American history.

Lessenberry: Michigan’s mental health failure behind crime - 2025-08-07T03:34:41Z
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — If it sounded like everyone’s nightmare, that’s because it was. Late in the afternoon of July 26, a man at a Walmart in Traverse City pulled out a knife and began randomly stabbing people. Eleven were badly injured before a man with a gun held him at bay in the parking lot till police arrived.

Hussain: Rabbis: Starving Gazans is terrible assault on Jewish ethics - 2025-08-06T04:00:00Z
Forced mass starvation, just as mass murder, has always been a stain on humanity. Kings and tyrants in a bygone era would lay siege to an enemy fort or a city and force the occupants to eventually lay down arms and leave their fate to the mercy of the invaders. Many times, massacre of men, women, and children would ensue after the surrender. Hunger, starvation, and massacre were the common themes of warfare in a more tribal and savage times in human history. There were no guard rails and no universal code of conduct during warfare to prevent cruel savagery.

Shribman: Who’s a hero during age of Trump? - 2025-08-03T04:00:00Z
JOHN ADAMS and Samuel Adams are in, but John Quincy Adams isn’t. Alan Shepard and John Glenn are in, but Gus Grissom isn’t. Betsy Ross is in, but Ross Perot isn’t. John Wayne is in, but Wayne Newton isn’t. Andrew Jackson is in, but Michael Jackson and Jackson Pollock aren’t. Henry Ford is there, but Ralph Nader isn’t.

Lessenberry: Lobbyist for civility and justice cleared veteran’s name - 2025-07-31T03:57:06Z
LANSING, Mich. — You don’t often meet a lobbyist who became a civil liberties hero. Lobbyists, after all, are people who work for special interests and try to persuade legislators to vote their way.

Walton: Me and you need to talk — or at least sing - 2025-07-27T04:00:00Z
If music is the international language, some of the folks in the song-writing community need a little remedial work on subject-verb agreement. And double negatives. Singular vs. plural too. Tense also, past and present. The pluperfect subjunctive? I shudder at the abuse.

Shribman: Political downward mobility has willing candidates - 2025-07-27T04:00:00Z
Andrew Cuomo, candidate for mayor of New York City, meet John Carney, mayor of Wilmington, Del.

Lessenberry: Campaign dollars or ethnic appeal? - 2025-07-24T04:00:00Z
DETROIT — Some eyebrows were raised last week when it turned out that two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, a Detroit Democrat, has raised nearly $1.8 million dollars in new campaign funds, not from donations, but by investing in cryptocurrency.

Hussain: U.S. ambassador Huckabee and Palestinians - 2025-07-23T03:30:03Z
RECENTLY, JEWISH terrorist settlers in the West Bank attacked Palestinian homes and burned a Christian church. They also killed two Palestinians, one of them an American citizen from Tampa.

Shribman: Time is right for questions of character - 2025-07-20T04:00:00Z
Can it be a coincidence, or merely a case of synchronicity, that in the age of Trump — a decade-long epoch that began in 2015 — several serious, high-profile books have been written about presidential character?

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